P990i: touchscreen stick borken into two pieces and stucked in the hole accidentely

Dear ExpertsThe touchscreen stick is broken into two pieces and stucked in the back side hole. would you please help me in taking out this stick. since my phone is now not under warrenty, I have tried to open the case , but was unsuccessful. could you also help me how to open this case and remove the stick.Thanks for your help in advance.Kumar

I got one more problem, my flip keypad is not working, it is not because of this problem i suppose...I got one more problem, my flip keypad is not working, it is not because of this problem i suppose...

If you still have the other half of the stylus, put a tiny spot of super glue on the end of it and push it in the slot. Wait 10 minutes and gently try to pull the complete stylus out. Failing that use a tooth pick, flatten one end and do the same as described above.
Go easy on the glue it's much stronger than it appears, you don't want to glue the whole stick in the hole.

The connection has probably loosened or broken, try to operate the flip pad at a slightly opened angle. If it works, the problem is a connection broken. It's repairable but best left to a specialist.The flip pad not working won't have anything to do with the stylus.
The connection has probably loosened or broken, try to operate the flip pad at a slightly opened angle. If it works, the problem is a connection broken. It's repairable but best left to a specialist.

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Sometimes with Dell laptops, the keys on the keyboard gets stuck or damaged or fells off the keyboard. There are many different ways to repair your broken keys. Just put your mind to it and you will be able to repair it yourself.

You can place an order to replace your broken key or you can repair it you have all the parts intact.

You should have a key cap, 2 or more retainer clips (plastic pieces), which goes under the key cap.

Following is the installation guide to replace and repair Dell laptop key.

To install your key on your laptop keyboard, start out by observing your metal plates on the keyboard.

Always be sure to look at the metal keys because they differ in every keyboard.The larger metal hooks can be at the top, bottom, right or left side. The position of the metal hooks determines the position of plastic pieces.

Here you can see that it has one large metal hook at the top and two metal hooks at the bottom.

Take the larger plastic piece and observe that it has two larger sticks at the bottom, two holes at the middle and two shorter sticks at the top. The bottom sticks are going to go into the bottom metal hooks. The smooth part faces away from the keyboard.

Take the smaller plastic piece and observe that it has a small bar at the bottom, two sticks at the top and two sticks at the middle. The sticks in the middle are going to go into the middle holes of the larger piece and the bar is going to click on to the top metal hook. The smooth part faces away from the keyboard.

Place the smaller piece on the larger piece and insert its sticks to the holes of larger piece.

Push it evenly to insert completely. Get a thin object or blade and stretch the plastic pieces upwards so that it clicks together.

Take your letter key, put it in the middle and push down evenly from all four sides.

You need to dismantle the back panel and unscrewing 6 screw using a T6 precision screw driver to be able to release the front panel,but be careful cause the keypad flex connector is attach on the board interface and be careful cause touchscreen and LCD is also connected. On the upper panel,remove the keypad panel by inserting a flat screw driver on each side at the bottom of the front panel.if done,remove the adhesive at the back of the keypad interface and you will see the keypad flex connector,if the parts is still ok,gently remove the flex cause it is fitted by a strong adhesive.the you can replace or if not put an adhesive on a broken part.